New Delhi, March 5 -- Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah on Thursday soft-launched four digital tools and formally unveiled the mascots "Pragati" (female) and "Vikas" (male) for the upcoming Census 2027 in New Delhi.
The Census 2027, which will be conducted in two phases, is set to be the world's largest census exercise. For the first time, the census will be conducted digitally, with the additional option of self-enumeration available to citizens.
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) has developed advanced digital platforms to facilitate enumeration operations nationwide, and several senior officials, including the union Home Secretary and the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, were p...